Associated Press
On July 10, 1940, the Battle of Britain began during World War II as Nazi forces attacked southern England by air.
1832 President Andrew Jackson vetoed legislation to re-charter the Second Bank of the United States.
1850 Vice President Millard Fillmore became president following the death of Zachary Taylor.
1890 Wyoming became the 44th state.
1943 U.S. and British forces invaded Sicily during World War II.
1951 Armistice talks aimed at ending the Korean War began at Kaesong.
1962 The Telstar communications satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
1964 The album “A Hard Day’s Night” by the Beatles was released.
1973 The Bahamas became independent after three centuries of British colonial rule.
1985 Coca-Cola Co., bowing to pressure from irate customers after the introduction of New Coke, said it would resume selling its old formula.
1991 Boris Yeltsin took the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
1992 A federal judge in Miami sentenced former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega to 40 years in prison on drug and racketeering charges.
1999 The U.S. women’s soccer team won the World Cup at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
2006 Chechen rebel leader Shamil Basayev was killed when a dynamite-laden truck in his convoy exploded.
2011 Britain’s best-selling Sunday tabloid the News of the World, brought down by a phone-hacking scandal, published it last issue.
Today’s Birthdays:
Actress Sofia Vergara (“Modern Family”) turns 43 years old today.
Jake LaMotta, Boxing Hall of Famer, 94
William Smithers, Actor, 88
Jerry Herman, Broadway composer (“Hello Dolly”), 84
Mavis Staples, R&B, gospel singer, 76
Ron Glass, Actor (“Barney Miller”), 70
Virginia Wade, Tennis Hall of Famer, 70
Arlo Guthrie, Folk singer, 68
Andre Dawson, Baseball Hall of Famer, 61
Neil Tennant, Rock singer (Pet Shop Boys), 61
Bela Fleck, Banjo player (Bela Fleck & the Flecktones), 57
Gary LeVox, Country singer (Rascal Flatts,) 45
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Actor (“12 Years a Slave”), 38
Thomas Ian Nicholas, Actor, 35
Jessica Simpson, Singer, 35
Actor Adrian Grenier (“Entourage”) turns 39 years old today.